Assessing measurement and predictive invariance of the toronto alexithymia scale-20 in U.S. Anglo and U.S. hispanic student samples

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 387-395

  Culhane, Scott E ^a   Morera, Osvaldo F ^b   Watson, P J ^c   Millsap, Roger E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE; UNITED STATES; VALIDITY;

EID: 70449631297     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223890902936264     Document Type: Article

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